| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| BORNEARLIER | More mature | |
| RIPER | More mature | |
| OLDER | More mature | |
| ELDER | More mature | |
| SENIOR | Nosier characters become more mature | |
| LARVA | The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape. | |
| HETEROMORPHIC | ... the larva and the adult, and to plants having more than one form of flower. ... | |
| TAPEWORM | ... destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hook... | |